IN a bizarre incident, a Karoi man was crushed to death by a haulage truck while sleeping under a tree a few metres from the road.
Hurungwe police district Superintendent (Crime and
Operations), Simbarashe Zvidzai confirmed the incident that happened on Friday
afternoon.
Julius Chrispen aged 38 of Claudia suburb in Karoi was
sleeping alone under a tree when tragedy struck.
“I can confirm that here in Karoi where a man aged 38 years
lost his life after being run over by a haulage truck,” said Supt Zvidzai.
Circumstances are that Forget Antonio (29) was driving a
Honda Fit registration number ADT7172 with one passenger aboard following
behind a Freightliner haulage truck owned by Chids Transport and being driven
by Zambian national, George Sakala (41).
Sakala was alone in the truck. On approaching the
235-kilometre peg along Harare-Chirundu highway, Antonio attempted to overtake
the truck resulting in a side-swipe.
“The haulage truck driver lost control of his vehicle and
veered off the road towards a tree under which the now deceased was lying asleep.
“The truck uprooted the tree and dragged it together with
Chrispen for a distance of about 50 metres,” he said.
Chrispen sustained serious injuries and was rushed to Karoi
District Hospital, where he died on admission. Herald
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